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I'm ready for my close-up: 50 years of American Splatter or how I learned to stop worrying and love the grindhouse!

by: Alex Fitch

Publication date: 2007-05-03

Usage: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Topics: Horror movies, Splatter, Stephen Thrower, Resonance FM, Grindhouse

An episode of "I'm ready for my close-up", originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM.
Alex Fitch interviews Stephen Thrower, editor of "Eyeball" Magazine about the history of American Splatter movies and the all day film festival he hosted on 5th May 2007 in Hammersmith which illustrates his latest book - "Nightmare USA"

Notes

Press release: "Alex Fitch interviews Stephen Thrower, editor of the legendary Eyeball magazine about his Grindhouse festival on Saturday at the Riverside Studios cinema in Hammersmith; Stephen will be showing 6 rare American splatter movies to help illustrate his book (Nightmare USA) and introducing Q&As with the film-makers. Alex and Stephen talk about the history of Grindhouse cinema, its influence on recent teen slasher movies and reasons why Tarantino's latest is looking like a flop..."